Sometimes, when I see Justin Chatwin, I think, “Wow! Haley Joel Osment grew up really nice!”

But then I remember that Haley Joel Osment grew up like this:

That’s an unflattering image from a movie set, because I am cruel. Haley Joel Osment actually looks like this now:

The beard works for him.

Anyway, in the early aughts, Steven Spielberg — who had cast Haley Joel Osment in A.I. — must have decided that for War of the Worlds, he wanted to cast someone like Haley Joel Osment but not actually Haley Joel Osment, so he hired Justin Chatwin, even though Osment was available.